Battersea boxer Denzley Bentley will donate 10 per cent of the purse from the biggest fight of his life to St Vincent Volcano relief effort. The British middleweight champion and Commonwealth contender wants to help those affected by the volcanic eruption.
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A disabled grandmother from Croydon was left living in a council flat that was so damp she was unable to use the electricity in her living room. Yvonne, who asked for just her first name to be used, says she complained for six years before she was moved to temporary accommodation by Croydon Council.
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A hospital trust has apologised after a vulnerable 84-year-old man died after he fell out of bed on one of its wards amid staff shortages. George Malcolm Gomez, 84, from South Norwood, was admitted to Croydon University Hospital with stomach pain – but fell out of bed because there weren’t enough nurses on duty to supervise him, an inquest heard.
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Residents over 50 can book a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Lewisham Shopping Centre on Friday and Saturday (April 23 and 24). Slots at the clinic, which is open from 9.30am to 5pm both days and opposite H&M, are open to anyone over 50 who has not yet received their first jab.
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Joy Crookes Anyone But Me Lambeth singer Joy Crookes addresses the issue of mental health in her track Anyone But Me, released last year.
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Trendy new offices and a cafe will be built in Sands End targeting people who want a break from the disturbances of working from home. Stonehaven Ltd won planning permission this week to redevelop Imperial Studios – a set of small offices originally built in the 1930s as garages.
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An Extinction Rebellion leader seized attention at a London mayoral hustings before storming out, complaining that “soundbites lead to mass death”. The event, which was organised by the Renew Party, was aimed at giving a platform to outlier candidates in the race to be Mayor of London.
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A memorial to Cherry Groce is set to be unveiled at Windrush Square on Sunday, April 25, 35 and a half years after her shooting sparked the Brixton Riot of 1985. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the event will be live streamed from 11am.
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Candidates hoping to be a councillor in Bellingham have set out what they would do if elected. A by-election will be held on Thursday, May 6, for the Bellingham ward following the death of Labour Councillor Sue Hordijenko this year.
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Pimlico’s Ebury Bridge estate will be redeveloped and doubled in size with a net increase of 422 homes, it has been confirmed.
The unpopular regeneration scheme, first proposed by Westminster Council nearly 12 years ago, was given planning permission by councillors on April 20.
The fight is on to elect a candidate for Wandsworth and Merton to represent the boroughs at the London Assembly. The election will take place on the same day as the Mayoral Election, on May 6.
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A man in his 40s has died after being hit by a private hire car in Westminster. Police officers were called to Harrow Road, near Royal Oak tube station, shortly after 10.30pm on Wednesday and found a 44-year-old man seriously injured.
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People suffering from ill health are on a ‘cliff edge’ as a debt crisis surges during the Covid-19 pandemic. A new ‘Financial Shield’ pilot scheme to improve support for people with health and financial problems is being trialled in Lambeth and Southwark.
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The Mother of a nine-year-old girl who died from air pollution has given an emotional tribute to her ‘precious’ daughter who ‘continues to make history.’ Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, from Forest Hill in Lewisham, became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on her death certificate, following the landmark inquest ruling last December.
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A chart-topping musician has joined calls for a clean air charter after a schoolgirl died as a result of pollution in Lewisham. Love Ssega, who once fronted international band Clean Bandit, described the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah as ‘appalling’ and said more needs to be done to tackle air pollution.
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A coroner has called for a change in the law following the death of a nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah from air pollution. Ella, who lived near the South Circular Road in Forest Hill, Lewisham, developed severe asthma and died in 2013.
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Plans for the expansion of Heathrow Airport are in doubt following widespread opposition from the Prime Minister and London mayoral candidates. Speaking at a Downing Street briefing yesterday, Boris Johnson said that his views on Heathrow expansion were “well known” and that the issue was “a matter for the company concerned”.
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Furious residents are campaigning to stop a developer from demolishing bungalows to build flats on their street after housing chiefs gave the green light despite a restrictive covenant. Croydon Council ignored more than 50 objections to the plans for Hambridge Homes ltd to build a four storey block of nine flats in place of a bungalow, which was demolished, at 19 Downsview Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon.
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A woman in her 20s has had to have surgery following a collision with a car. Detectives investigating the collision in Herne Hill are now appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
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